NY ♥ Gun Control

For those that don’t live in New York, it may be hard to understand the situation we’ve been living with for the past 20 years when it comes to gun ownership, so allow me a minute to spell out what New Yorkers have endured since 1994.

Though Cuomo’s ignorance of gun terminology may be in question, his ignorance of the rights of gun owners seems pretty concrete to me. Despite his thoughtful statement to the contrary above, Cuomo said recently, “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.” Cuomo also stated that the permit system would be good for revenue for the state of New York, alluding to the states massive debt, ran up by politicians like Cuomo. Yes governor, it appears you sure do care about the rights of gun owners.

From bad…

If you think this is all talk and that the opposition is fighting to change their minds, you would be wrong. On Jan. 9, Sen. Ruben Diaz (who introduces one form of gun control legislation or another every term) has sponsored S01422. The details of this bill are nothing short of horrific for gun owners across the state of New York.

The Beretta M92 and similar semi-automatic pistols would be considered “assault weapons” under the proposed New York gun control law.

Any semi-auto gun that can take a detachable magazine 10-rounds or more will be banned and considered an “assault weapon”. Think about that for a second: you can’t even own a magazine over 10-rounds in New York, yet, since a Ruger 10/22 can take a magazine over 10 rounds, it will fall under this legislation and be banned in the state. Semi-auto pistols that take a detachable magazine that can hold more than 10-rounds will be considered “assault weapons” too. Yes, if Diaz has his way, Glocks, Browning Hi-Powers, Beretta M92s and so on and so forth will be labeled “assault weapons” in the Empire State.

But what is most shocking to a hunter like me (and I’m going to guess many others) is that pump rifles like the Remington 760 will now be considered “assault weapons” because they take a detachable magazine.

…to worse

While the full list of banned guns has yet to be determined, one thing has: nothing will be grandfathered and there will be no forgiveness for noncompliance. If this bill passes and you fail to get rid of one of the guns on the list, then you will be a criminal.

Still, one of the most disturbing parts of the legislation is buried a little further in with all of the legal jargon. Essentially, it states a person under the new law will be guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree if they possesses three or more firearms (23:5:i). You read that right. If you have four guns you will now be considered a criminal in the eyes of the law in the state of New York if this bill passes.

As it stands there are only one or two legislators that can sway the difference and with the public hysteria out there to ban anything shy of a BB gun there is a good chance that this will squeak through, especially since it was only introduced a couple days ago and will be voted on quickly (before any grassroots opposition can get started) unless we stop it.